In an era of austerity, reduced government services, and increasing pressures placed on all public services across the EU, public organisations, such as European Public Employment Services (PES), often face reputational problems. Yet, for the provision of the critical services that PES delivers,...

This report, and its annexes, set out the methodology used to assess the impacts of introducing a range of measures tackling single use plastics (SUP). The outputs of this study were used to underpin the impact assessment carried out by the Commission for the proposal for a 'Directive of the...

This report provides detailed answers to this question. The study looked at trends of circular economy activities across different sectors and quantified these activities as modelling inputs to provide employment changes for different sectors. Furthermore, the analysis provide estimates of the...

This is the evaluation of DG ECHO's partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2018-2022). The evaluation used evidence from document review, project data, social media analysis, an online survey, interviews, and remote field missions. In terms of coherence, DG ECHO and...

This report supports the final evaluation of the third Programme for the Union's action in the field of health (2014-2020) (the Programme) and aims to assess its results and identify challenges and solutions with regard to its implementation. The study found that the 3HP was largely relevant to...

This report supports the final evaluation of the third Programme for the Union's action in the field of health (2014-2020) (the Programme) and aims to assess its results and identify challenges and solutions with regard to its implementation. The study found that the 3HP was largely relevant to...

This report presents the key findings from the Mutual learning workshop on quality in long-term care, which took place on 19-20 June in Brussels. The workshop was combined with the first meeting of national long-term care coordinators/contact points. The workshop, which was attended by...

This report outlines recent trends in public administration reform in EU Member States. Some of the more general trends include an acceleration and focus on service delivery and digitalisation along with higher-than-average public spending. These are in part linked to the COVID-19 pandemic....

The 2014 Broadband Cost Reduction Directive (BCRD) seeks to support the deployment of high speed broadband by reducing costs associated with civil works and streamlining administrative procedures for network deployment. The BCRD is ripe for review in light of new EU objectives to foster Gigabit...